Cistern-pump



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Oistern-Pu mp.

No. 225,193. Patented Mar. 2, 1880.

Wwwy-r N. PETERS, PROTQLITNOGRAPHEii, WASHINGTON D c UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARTIN WIESER, OF ARMSTRONG, KANSAS.

ClSTERN-l UMP.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 225,193, dated March 2, 1880.

Application filed December 18, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARTIN Wnrsna, of Armstrong, in the county of Wyandotte, and in the State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oistern- Pumps; andI do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

, The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangement of a pump to be used for pumping water either from a cistern or a well when the cistern is built at the top of the well, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the annexed drawings, Figure l is a vertical section of my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of a part thereof. Fig. 3 is a detailed view of the top of the well.

A represents a cistern, which is built at the top of the well-that is to say, the upper end of the well terminates in the bottom of the cistern. B represents the well-tube in the well. On the upper end of the well-tube B is a headpiece, O, in which is a downwardlyclosing valve, a. This valve can only open upward a certain distance, such distance being limited by means -of cross-bars b b. Surrounding the head O is a collar, D,'extending above the head a suitable distance and provided on one side with a faucet-barrel, E, which lies horizontal on or close to the bot tom of the cistern. In this barrel, near the inner circumference of the collar D, is a checkvalve d, as shown. There is also in the barrel E an ordinary faucet-plug, 6, provided with a stem, F, which has a square hole in its up per end. To the collar D is secured a tube'or cylinder, G, which extends upward and connects with a spider, H, in the upper portion of the cistern, and prevents the water from the cistern getting into the well. I is the pumpcylinder, attached to the lower end of the pumpstock J, and the lower end of said cylinder is screwed into the collar 'D. h is the ordinary plunger, connected by a rod, 6, with the pumphandle K above the cover L of the cistern. On the spider H is a swiveled post, m, in which is pivoted a short lever, n. One end of this lever connects with a collar, p, placed between two stationary collars, s s, on a rod, M, which is inserted in the upper end of the fancet-stem F. To the other end of the lever n is connected a rod, t, which passes downward into and through the lower end of the pumpcylinder I, and is immediately above the valve a. At the point where the rod t goes into the pump-cylinder is a packing-box, w, as shown.

By turning the rod M so as to open the fancetE e, and at the same time raising said rod, the rod 25 will bear down upon the valve to and keep the same closed, so that when the pump is operated the water will be drawn from the cistern. By reversing this-that is to say, turning the rod M so as to close the faucet and then pushing said rod down-the rod 25 will be raised to release the valve a, and when the pumpis operated the water will be drawn from the well. 7

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with a pump arranged over a well, of a cistern surrounding the same, and connections leading from both the well and cistern to the pump, substantially as herein set forth. I

2. The combination, with the well-tube B and cistern A, of the head 0, with valve a, collar D, faucet E e, and the pump, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

3. The combination of the faucet-stem F, rod or handle M, with stationary collars s s, loose collar 10, lever a, rod 1., and valve or, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 28th day of November, 1879.

MARTIN WIESER.

Witnesses:

J OHN J. FRANK, W. KLENGRAN. 

